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Education Policy & Funding

Halting education research in the name of ‘government efficiency’ is incredibly inefficient

March 31, 2025 by Jenn Finders, Chalkbeat
Cutting education research funding threatens science and innovation, and undermines researchers's work to make a difference in people's lives
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. In recent weeks, we’ve seen federal ... Read more
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Look who’s talking—Auditi Chakravarty on Evidence-Based EdTech Innovations

June 20, 2024 by Kevin Hogan
Discussing R&D strategies for new learning techniques may be esoteric—at least for me—but it’s also essential. Auditi Chakravarty, CEO of ... Read more
STEM & STEAM Trends

Guidance counselors could help female high schoolers erase the STEM gender gap

May 29, 2024April 16, 2024 by Amy McCaig, Rice University Office of Public Affairs
School counselors can deliver tailored support based on students’ unique experiences and needs--including close the STEM gender gap.
New research from Rice University Kinder finds that female students may be more likely to stick with STEM curriculum when they receive support from high school guidance counselors.
Teaching Trends

Controversy on whether growth mindset works will strengthen the theory

January 8, 2024December 26, 2023 by Michael B. Horn, Co-Founder & Distinguished Fellow, Clayton Christensen Institute
Growth mindset is the belief that one can improve one’s abilities through effort, learning, and persistence.
Over the last couple of decades, education research has, thankfully, moved to embracing randomized control trial (RCT) when possible. Yet even if it gets to an RCT, education…
Teaching Trends

PBL isn’t used enough–let’s change that

December 13, 2023December 11, 2023 by Kendall Stallings, First Grade Teacher, Baltimore County
PBL brings learning to life for students through hands-on engagement that lends itself to both differentiation and personalization.
As teaching becomes increasingly challenging, project-based learning (PBL) may arguably be the most underutilized resource to accommodate these needs.
Newsline

Education Arm of The Buck Institute – PBLWorks – Receives a $2.9 Million Grant from the Bezos Family Foundation

August 26, 2022 by ESchool News Staff
Novato, California – The Buck Institute for Education (dba PBLWorks) was awarded a $2.9 million grant from the Bezos Family ... Read more
Ancillary

5 things you need to know about device buyback programs

November 17, 2021November 10, 2021 by Paula Currie, Vice President of Procurement, Second Life Mac
Device buyback programs shouldn't be confusing or intimidating--here are some popular myths, dispelled
While most school district officials are aware that they can sell their digital learning device fleets at the end of their lifecycles, many don’t do it because they…
District Management

5 myths about device buyback programs

July 13, 2021 by Paula Currie, Vice President of Procurement, Second Life Mac
Device buyback programs shouldn't be confusing or intimidating--here are some popular myths, dispelled
While most school district officials are aware that they can sell their digital learning device fleets at the end of their lifecycles, many don’t do it because they…
Newsline

Scholastic Launches Early Childhood Program to Start Every Child’s Learning Journey with Both Academic and Social-Emotional Support

May 20, 2021 by ESchool News Staff
PreK On My Way™, Designed in Collaboration with UTHealth’s Children’s Learning Institute and Yale Child Study Center, Brings Together the ... Read more
Classroom Innovations

PBL students excel compared to peers in typical classrooms

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 by Laura Ascione
The PBL teaching strategy offers engaging, real-world experiences for students and could prove helpful after COVID-related learning loss
Students in project-based learning (PBL) classrooms across the United States significantly outperform students in typical classrooms, according to four studies released from Lucas Education Research.
Newsline

CAE Partners with Education Research and Development Institute

October 14, 2020 by ESchool News Staff
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Council for Aid to Education, Inc. (CAE), a leading provider of performance-based, authentic assessments measuring essential college and career readiness skills, ... Read more
District Management

10 reasons edtech works sometimes, but not all the time

March 6, 2020March 4, 2020 by Laura Ascione
School culture, competing priorities, and teacher agency among the contextual variables selected for further research by the EdTech Genome Project, like these students sitting working on laptops and tablets.
There are a number of factors—10, to be specific—that have a sizeable impact on the success (or failure) of edtech implementations. The EdTech Genome Project, a collaborative effort…
Teaching Trends

Video: How edtech connects

January 25, 2023September 24, 2018 by The Christensen Institute
At SXSW EDU 2018, The Christensen Institute’s Director of Education Research, Julia Freeland Fisher, reveals innovative schools that are creating learning models that strengthen teacher-student relationships, and emerging…
Ancillary

Video: How edtech connects

August 28, 2018August 28, 2018 by By the Christensen Institute
At SXSW EDU 2018, The Christensen Institute’s Director of Education Research, Julia Freeland Fisher, reveals innovative schools that are creating ... Read more
Teaching Trends

Study finds successes, challenges in shift to intensive principal preparation

July 19, 2016July 19, 2016 by Laura Ascione
A report released from the Illinois Education Research Council (IERC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, in partnership with the University ... Read more
Teaching Trends

Education can make you taller in old age

April 3, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports
The Telegraph reports that researchers found that those who had completed secondary education shrank nearly 2cm less in their dotage than the illiterate, who had not even completed…
Curriculum

Study questions learning-style research

January 11, 2010January 8, 2010 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor
As educators struggle to define effective 21st-century instruction, one practice that many have viewed as fundamental to teaching and learning has come under new fire: catering to different…
Teaching Trends

Teachers’ digital media use on the rise

January 10, 2010January 5, 2010 by By Maya T. Prabhu, Assistant Editor
Teachers are making significant progress in adopting digital media and using the internet for instruction, according to findings from a new survey released Jan. 5 by PBS.
District Management

ED: Blended learning helps boost achievement

November 12, 2010July 14, 2009 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor
A new analysis of existing online-learning research by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) reveals that students who took all or part of their class on line performed…

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